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177; BLEEKER, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 3 (1852) 109; GtNTHER,
Cat. Brit. Mus. 1 (1859) 21; KNER, Fische Novara Exped. (1865 -1867) 4; BLEEKER, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 4 (1873) 188; Gi4NTHER,
Fische der Stidsee 2 (1873-1875) 92; DAY, Fishes of India 40
(1878-1888) 170; SAUVAGE, Poiss. Madagas. (1891) 20; SEALE,
0cc. Papers B. P. Bishop. Mus. Hawaii 1 (1901) 67; JORDAN and
EVERMANN, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. 23 [(1903) 1905] 152; JORDAN and SEAuE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 25 [(1905) 1906] 22,0; Evermann and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 26 [(1906) 1907] 60; JORDAN and RiCHARDSON, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 27 [(1907) 1908]
247; TANAKA, Fishes of Japan 4 (1911) 53; WEBnER, Fische SibogaExped. (1913) 186; JORDAN and STARKs, Ann. Carnegie Mus. (3-7)
11 (1917) 447; WEBRrJ and DE: BEAUFORT, Fish. Indo-Austr. Arch.
5 (1929) 259-262.
Myripristis parvidens CuviERn and VALENCIENNEs, Hist. Nat. Poiss.
3 (1829) 173; BLEEiKER, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 3 (1852) 260;
WEBER, Fische Siboga-Exped. (1913) 185.
Myripristis violaceu~s BLEEKER, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 2 (1851) 234;
Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 4 (1873) 192.
Myripristis microphthaimws BLEEKER, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 4 (1873)
191; JORDAN and SEALE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 25 [(1905) 1906]
220; EVERMANN and SEALE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 26 [(1906)
1907] 60; WEBRnz, Fische Siboga-Exped. (1913) 186.
Myripristis adustus BLEEKER, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 4 (1873) 193;
JORDAN and SEALE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 25 [(1905) 1906] 220.
Myripristis botche DAY, Fishes of India 40 (1878-1888) 169; Suppl.
788.
Dorsal X, I, 14; anal IV, 12; pectoral 15; ventral I, 7;- lateral
line 28 to 30; transverse line 10.
Height 2.2 to 2.6. Head 2.5 to 3. Eye 2.5. Interorbital
space twice in eye; snout 3 in eye; lower jaw slightly longer,
with a rough, nipplelike projection on either side of symphysis
maxillary reaching to below posterior border of eye with blunt
denticulations on its front near its lower end; teeth vi'lliform in
jaws, an external row of widely separated teeth which are
larger and rounded; tongue without teeth; undersurface of lower
jaw furrowed by ten or twelve grooves; maxillke, pre-, sub-, and
interopercies also grooved. Preopercle serrated in its whole extent. Opercle with a short strong spine, denticulated above
thi's spine and along the whole of its outer margin, serrated
below. Shoulder scale serrated. Upper surface of head with
four raised lines subdividing each branch terminating in a small
spine. Origin of dorsal separated by 7 to 9 scales from occiput.
Dorsal spines increasing in length to third, third of equal length
as sixth; interspinous membrane rather deeply emarginate;
third anal spine strong but generally not much longer than
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